H.B. 616
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Apr 20, 2021
SESSION 2021 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH30293-MT-58A
Short Title: Charter Replication Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Torbett.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO REMOVE CERTAIN BARRIERS RELATED TO FAST-TRACK
3 REPLICATION OF HIGH-QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-218.3 reads as rewritten:
6 "§ 115C-218.3. Fast-track replication of high-quality charter schools.
7 Upon recommendations by the Office of Charter Schools and the Charter Schools Advisory
8 Board, the State Board of Education shall adopt a process and rules for fast-track replication of
9 high-quality charter schools currently operating in the State. The State Board of Education shall
10 not require a planning year for applicants selected through the fast-track replication process. In
11 addition to the requirements for charter applicants set forth in this Article, the fast-track
12 replication process adopted by the State Board of Education shall, at a minimum, require a board
13 of directors of a charter school to demonstrate one of the following in order to qualify for
14 fast-track replication:
15 (1) A Both of the following:
16 a. The majority of charter school schools in this State governed by the
17 board of directors has student academic outcomes from the three prior
18 school years that are comparable to equal to or greater than the
19 academic outcomes of students student academic outcomes in the local
20 school administrative unit in which the each charter school is located
21 and located.
22 b. The board of directors can provide three years of financially sound
23 audits.audits for each school it governs.
24 (2) The board of directors agrees to contract with an education management
25 organization or charter management organization that can demonstrate that it
26 can replicate high-quality both of the following:
27 a. The majority of the charter schools in the this State that have proven
28 managed by the organization has student academic success and
29 financial soundness.outcomes from the three prior school years that
30 are equal to or greater than the student academic outcomes in the local
31 school administrative unit in which each charter school is located.
32 b. The organization can provide three years of financially sound audits
33 for each school it governs.
34 The State Board of Education shall ensure that the rules for a fast-track replication process
35 provide that decisions by the State Board of Education on whether to grant a charter through the
36 replication process are completed in less than 120 days from the application submission date.
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1 The State Board shall provide a decision no later than October 15 of the year immediately
2 preceding the year of the proposed school opening."
3 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to applications
4 for fast-track replication of charter schools submitted on or after that date.
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Statutes affected:
Filed: 115C-218.3
Edition 1: 115C-218.3
Edition 2: 115C-218.3